31. Mai 2025
"I had lunch with Diana, I used to talk to her on the phone regularly, I used to send her stories we were gonna run, she would edit them and fax them back to me - so, you know - and I really liked Diana, she was fantastic. Diana worked the media exactly in the same way, the media worked Diana. She was the biggest celebrity in the world. Arguably the biggest celebrity that ever been. Very sharp, and knew exactly how to play the media.
And that is not to say, that there wasn't lots of intrusion into her life, there was. There's not to say some of that wasn't unwarranted. It was. It's not to say that she didn't get more attention than anybody else, because she was the biggest star. She did. And so it can't have been easy at all. But did Diana manipulate the media? Ruthlessly when she wanted to? Absolutely. She was mesmerizing, incredibly charming, very smart, very funny, but very like - you know - she wanted to make a point in front of William, about where the line is for the media, and I totally understood that - and it was good fun.
I remember, with William, I think it was around that time that we got offered pictures of a poster he had on his wall at Eton College which had "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE - HAVE A SPLIFF AND FLY." And we bought that for I think about 2.000 pounds off the market and never published it. So when we talk about irresponsible tabloids, I've got a lot of stories like that of stuff, we didn't publish.
So, I'm not after any gratitude, but I do think in the scales of balance between the media and the royal family, the media has been as much a part of the longevity of the royal family, when many other monarchies have disappeared through Europe, one of the last standing ones is the British Monarchy. And a lot of that is because the media still fuel them and portray them as the biggest stars on the planet."
(Piers Morgan, former Editor Daily Mirror)
And that is not to say, that there wasn't lots of intrusion into her life, there was. There's not to say some of that wasn't unwarranted. It was. It's not to say that she didn't get more attention than anybody else, because she was the biggest star. She did. And so it can't have been easy at all. But did Diana manipulate the media? Ruthlessly when she wanted to? Absolutely. She was mesmerizing, incredibly charming, very smart, very funny, but very like - you know - she wanted to make a point in front of William, about where the line is for the media, and I totally understood that - and it was good fun.
I remember, with William, I think it was around that time that we got offered pictures of a poster he had on his wall at Eton College which had "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE - HAVE A SPLIFF AND FLY." And we bought that for I think about 2.000 pounds off the market and never published it. So when we talk about irresponsible tabloids, I've got a lot of stories like that of stuff, we didn't publish.
So, I'm not after any gratitude, but I do think in the scales of balance between the media and the royal family, the media has been as much a part of the longevity of the royal family, when many other monarchies have disappeared through Europe, one of the last standing ones is the British Monarchy. And a lot of that is because the media still fuel them and portray them as the biggest stars on the planet."
(Piers Morgan, former Editor Daily Mirror)
g a g a - 31. Mai 2025, 14:55
31. Mai 2025 um 15:31
She „knew exactly how to play the media“ ?
Ob Sie sich zumindest in diesem Punkt nicht ein wenig irren, werter Herr?
Gaga Nielsen
31. Mai 2025 um 15:46
Doch, doch…. das ist nicht der einzige Journalist, mit dem sie innigen Kontakt pflegte. Richard Kay kann auch ein Lied davon singen. Zumindest in Relation dazu betrachtet, was im Volk als Darstellung kursiert, war sie viel weniger passiv, als gemeinhin gedacht wurde, aber auch das gehört zur virtuosen Handhabung, dass es nicht zutage trat. Es ist immer Aufmerksamkeit geboten, wenn Medien nicht abgemahnt werden. Beispielsweise wurde die Berichterstattung über den vermeintlichen „Liebesurlaub“ in St. Tropez mit Dodi, in den Wochen vor ihrem Unfall, nicht unterbunden. Im Gegenteil. Diana war interessiert, dass es Bilder von ihr in den Armen von Dodi gibt. Der pakistanische Herzchirurg, dem ihr Herz gehörte, und der mit der Öffentlichkeit nicht zurecht kam, sollte gerne ein bißchen eifersüchtig werden. kein ungewöhnlicher Impuls, unabhängig von Ruhm und Status.